diff --git a/plugins/ktstandard/ldap/ldapbaseauthenticationprovider.inc.php b/plugins/ktstandard/ldap/ldapbaseauthenticationprovider.inc.php
index ca19024..42009f7 100644
--- a/plugins/ktstandard/ldap/ldapbaseauthenticationprovider.inc.php
+++ b/plugins/ktstandard/ldap/ldapbaseauthenticationprovider.inc.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class KTLDAPBaseAuthenticationProvider extends KTAuthenticationProvider {
         ));
 
         if (PEAR::isError($oUser) || ($oUser == false)) {
-            $this->errorRedirectToMain(_kt("failed to create user."));
+            $this->errorRedirectToMain(_kt("failed to create user") . ": " . $oUser->message);
             exit(0);
         }